 | 1898 - 200 sider
...the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he thought himself acquainted with every one in the country...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon liim, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Robert William Chambers - 1923 - 1250 sider
...poc nd. He again called and whistled after his ( 1 by the cawing of a flock of idle crows, sporting a different fashion from that to which he was accustomed. They all stared it him with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked... | |
 | Joseph Albert Mosher - 1920 - 668 sider
...anxiety turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Emma Miller Bolenius - 1926 - 648 sider
...turned his steps homeward. 26 As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Leroy E. Armstrong - 1916 - 408 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Mackenzie Bell - 1927 - 516 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and, whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Melvin Everett Haggerty - 1927 - 584 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village, he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress too was of a different fashion from that to which he was... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - 1980 - 356 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had thought himself acquainted with everyone in the country round. Their dress, too, was of a different fashion from that to which he was... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1983 - 1198 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
 | Washington Irving, Arthur Rackham, Pat Stewart - 1983 - 52 sider
...anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met a number of people, but none whom he knew, which somewhat surprised him, for he had...with equal marks of surprise, and whenever they cast their eyes upon him, invariably stroked their chins. The constant recurrence of this gesture induced... | |
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... gun ; he dreaded to meet his wife ; but it would not do to starve among the mountains. He shook his head, shouldered the rusty firelock, and, with a heart full of trouble and anxiety, turned his steps homeward. As he approached the village he met... 
